The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1887-08-05
THE WATERWAY CONVENTION.
Committees, Resolutions and General
Proceedings.
The Next Meeting to Be Held at Portland,
in October. 1888.


o'clock yesterday morning.
President E. l.. Smith announced
the following committees:
Executive Committee. f. Halo
ran, Astoria, chairman; A. s. NJ. AL
liston, The Dalles; w. B. Daniels,
Vancouver; E. ID. Mckee, Portland;
J. s. Dement,, Walla Walla.
Statistics-Jas. Young, Portland,
chairman; B. S. Huntington, The
Dalles; E. G. Holden, Astoria; w. T.
Burney, Oregon City; Caleb Waters,
Centerville; W. P. Gray, Pasco, w.
T.; G. II. Warner, Colfax; d. H.
Stearns, La Camas; j. w. Smith, Ar
lington; ]. w. Van Name, Kalama;
Editor NeIcS. Wardner; z. o. Dun
bar, Goldendale; Chsuncey Barbour,
Walla Walla; o. G. White; Dayton;
Richard Monroe, Lewiston, /. T.
Committee on Progress and Neces-
sities-M. G. George, Portland, chair
man; J. Q. A. Bowlby, Astoria; E. B.
Mcfarland, The Dalles; III. s. Chap
man, Walla Walla; Newton Clark,
Wood river.
Committee on KILN resolution
B. KILN, Portland, W. w. Parker,
Astoria, Il. +. Moody, The Dalles, II.
p. Isaacs, Wslla Walla, ]. w. Geoghe-
gan, OF Vancouver.
Committee on CanbS Suggestions
Jas. X. Kelley, Portland, chairman;
Geo. Pope, Portland; ]. T. Gray, As.
toria; Robt. Mayo, The Dalles.
The committee on memorial and
resolutions submitted the following
MEMORIAL.
To the Honorable, the Senate and House
Of Representatives Of the United States.
Your rmemorialists, the Columbia water
way association, a body composed of del
egates from the various boards of trade,
and kindred organizations of the cities,
towns and counties of the state of Ore
gon and territory OF Washington. along
the great valley of the Columbia river.
at its third annual convention, would
again most respectfully call your atten-
tion to the increasing necessity for an
early completion of the canal and locks
at the cascades in said river. The great
importance. indeed, the absolute neoessi-
ty, of that improvement has been here
tofore represented to you by this associa-
ton, and il is also clearly and fully
stated in the report of the senate COM
mittee On transportation routes to the
seaboard. at the second session of the
49th congress Report No. LIB, and the
facts therein stated We most respectfully
reiterate and recall to your attention.
AS shown by that report, the Columbia
river drains an area of 245,OOO square
miles, and the wheat traffic alone along
the Columbia river at the time of the IL
vestigatlons of that committee was over
q, ,OO0, 900 bushels per year, and the traffic
for the present year will, in the judg
ment of YOUR memorialists, be fully one
third greater. In addition to the wheat
traffic should be considered the large
quantities of wool, the products of the
mines, the stock ranges and other indus
tries of this vast region, which is so rap
idly developing, the only outlet for which
is by way of the Columbia river. And
until such time as the natural obStruc-
tions to the free navigation of that river.
at the Cascades and The Dalles, shall be
overcome, the producers of this fertile
and productive region must remain
wholly at the mercy of the railroad cor
poration which parallels the river and
exacts a toll for freight transportation
which approaches prohibition of prod0c-
tlement and development of this impor-
tant region but continually depress the
industries now there in progress.
We therefore most earnestly represent
to your honorable body the great impor-
tance of pushing the work of constructing
the canal and locks to a speedy termin =
ton, and, In the opinion of your meIno-
rialists, not only does the increasing de-
mand for these and the other improve
ments herein referred to require that
appropriations commensurate with the
importance of the work and sufficient to
carry them forward uninterruptedly
should be made but economy also dictates
such policy.
We would further represent, in order
to make the river free for navigation and
to enable the producers to enjoy the ben
efits of the construction of the canal and
locks at the Cascades, it is necessary
that a canal or boat railway should be
constructed at The Dalles and Cello
Falls, and it is the opinion of your me.
morialists that the most feasible plan fol
this improvement is boat railway, and
we most earnestly request that sufh-
cient SUM to make surveys with the
view of constructing such works be i'm.
mediately made by congress.
Wuht VIC uhfc bA4u VI tuo ll1pOItduCc
of the above improvements applies also
to the work already begun by congress
for the improvement Of the entrance tC
said river, as il is necessary to have a safe
and secure entrance to this river which
is the natural outlet and highway for G
commerce already great and destined tc
assume immeasurably greater proper
tions, for the cost of transportation il
vessels depends on the size of the vessels
that can enter the harbor, and the rate
4 of insurance, which greatly depends or
the safety of the entrance.
We therefore earnestly represent the
Importance of carrying the work for
ward without interruption in accordance
with the adopted plans.
1 Your memorialists further pray that
| more adequate appropriations bel mad,
for the purpose of keeping an open rive
between Portland and the sea, ss hereto
4 fore, by reason of the insufficient appro
priations for that purpose, the citizen
\ Of Portland have been compelled to rails
largesums by private subscriptions, II
carry on the work.
4. X. ARNOLD.
HoLLoS PARKER.
4 C. w. FULTON.
"A. MCDONALD.
| w. p. GRAY.
On motion the report was adopte,
by the convention.
The following resolutions wer
passed:
Resolped, That the thanks OF thi